Adverse possession definition

Adverse possession means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.

Adverse possession means the right of an occupant to acquire title to a property by having continuously and openly used and maintained a property over a statutory period of time.

Adverse possession means hostile possession, that is, a possession which is expressly in denial of the title of the true owner. [Gaya Parshad Dikshit Vs. Nirmal Chander and another (AIR 1984 SC 930)]. The denial of title of the true owner is a sign of adverse possession.

Examples of Adverse possession in a sentence

• Adverse possession of land uncovered by the recession of a body of water is discussed.

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• In this connection, a reference may be made to a decision in Chandrabhagabai and Others v Ramakrishna and Others, wherein it is held as under: Adverse possession -- Suit for possession -- Plaintiff purchased.

• Adverse possession under Indian law also gives rise, upon 12 years’ occupation, to valid ownership rights as against all parties, including government entities that are landowners, without the requirement of registration of ownership rights by the adverse possessor.

• Adverse possession requires adverse intent, an element not present when property owners are innocently mistaken about property boundaries.

More Definitions of Adverse possession

Adverse possession means Bangladeshi land held by India and Indian land held by Bangladesh.

Adverse possession means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.” CIV. PRAC. § 16.021(1). For possession of property to be adverse, the “[p]ossession must be ‘actual, visible, continuous, notorious, distinct, hostile, and of such as [sic] character as to indicate unmistakably an assertion of a claim of exclusive ownership in the occupant.’” Kazmir v. Benavides, 288 S.W.3d 557, 561 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2009, no pet.) (quoting Terrill v. Tuckness, 985 S.W.2d 97, 107 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, no pet.)). The party claiming adverse possession need only use the land for some purpose to which it is adaptable, and in the same manner an ordinary owner would use the property. Id.

Adverse possession means the acquisition of title to land through obvious occupancy of the land, while claiming ownership for the period of years set by the law of the state where the property exists;

Adverse possession means factual possession of an exclusive and undisturbed nature of a piece or parcel of land in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for a continuous period of twelve years or more accompanied by the requisite intention to possess the said land as owner thereof;

Adverse possession means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.” TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN.

Adverse possession. Means the acquisition of title to a piece of Private Land based on proved continuous, uninterrupted possession of said land without recognition by the claimant by adverse possession of any opposing claim of right and for the period established in Article (22) of this Act.

Adverse possession means the actual, continuous, exclusive, open, peaceable and undisturbed possession of land, which is adverse to the true owner;